Last week, we had Mark
Mix, President of the National Right to
Work Legal Defense Foundation as our speaker. The speaker this week on March
23rd will be Bruce Raynor, who is President of UNITE, which is a union representing more than 200,000
workers in North America. Now that we have
heard Mark Mix last week, it will be interesting to hear the other side of the
issue from Bruce Raynor. Many thanks to Larry Parks, for putting together such
interesting speaker programs. You can read more about Bruce Raynor in the latest
Bulletin on our website at www.nyrotary.org/bulletin2004/bulletin_03-23-2004.pdf(click on
the link).

This week’s Reporter of
the Week in the Bulletin is written by Rosemary Clemens, who has been a member
of our legendary Rotary Club since 1999. Her classification is Public Health
Management. Thank you Rosemarie for a good report!

I told you before about
the trip to Italy
by a number of members from our legendary Rotary Club. I have since received
this picture from Italy:

It was taken with a mobile
phone camera and e-mailed to me directly from that phone. It is the perfect toy
for people on the run. From the left is Past District Governor Paul Caruso,
Future New York Rotary Director Scarlet Pildes, Paul’s wife Gail and President
Greg Lynch. I can see that it is warmer there than here in New York.

Past New York Rotary President
and future District Governor Helen Reisler has been busy last weekend. She sent
me the following message:

Dear Matts,

I would like to share
another wonderful Rotary experience I had on Saturday. Once a year The Rotary
Club of Pleasantville hosts "The Westchester
Wine Experience." Since I had missed the last 3 years I decided to
attend this event and do some wine tasting. When I got to the Pleasantville
Campus of PaceUniversity, which is so accessible from
all the areas of our District #7230, I could not believe the scene I came upon.
Hundreds of people were parking cars and drifting into the building where the
event took place. There were guides all over and a bus was available for those
who preferred not to walk.

Two large rooms were
abuzz with excitement. There were numerous tables, each with a selection of the
best wines, as well as gourmet food samples from various restaurants. Each
table had a host who answered any questions we had while we were giving our
palates a most delightful experience. A band added to the festive atmosphere
and I met many Rotarians from other clubs as well as interesting people from
various walks of life. Jay Michaels, Host of WFAS-FM radio was taking in the
scene while interviewing people. 700 people ate, drank, and hobnobbed and the
proceeds went to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

The Rotary Club of
Pleasantville has 50 members and this very successful event, which was run in
such an orderly manner, could never have happened without full team spirit and
participation. President Dan Sweeney, PDG and Chair of WWE Janet DiBenedetto
and all the members of this spirited club deserve many thanks for all their
hard work and for setting an example of Rotary Fellowship.

Next year I am
bringing all my friends and I encourage you to bring all of yours...it's an
impressive afternoon!

Helen Reisler

Rotary Club of New York

Thank you Helen for
letting us know about this exciting event in our Rotary District 7230. Let us know
when they do it again.

Don't forget to reserve your table for our next meeting. You can
reserve via e-mail to our office at ny.rotary@verizon.net, or call Andreas or
Ana at 212-633-1311. You can also fax in the RSVP form, which you can download
at www.nyrotary.org/bulletin2004/rsvp_03-23-2004.pdf. Our fax number is
212-633-1954. At our next meeting, the culinary staff at the Princeton
Club will serve us Beef Bourguignon.

The power of the
Internet puts the brains of millions of people together. It also puts 1.2
million Rotarians together. It does not matter where we are and when we are
available. The Internet makes it possible for Rotarians around the world to
instantly participate.

I want to thank our Executive Director
Andreas Runggatscher and his Executive Assistant Ana Rivas for working so hard
every week creating and mailing the Weekly Bulletin. In addition to mailing it
out to our members, they also send me the electronic Bulletin so I can upload
it on our website. They have also been working hard with the administration of
the WorldTradeCenter
- Disaster Relief Fund.

In order to read the PDF
file of the Bulletin-on-the-Web, you need Acrobat Reader Version 5.0 or later.
If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download Acrobat Reader 6.0 for free
from the web at:

You need Windows Media Player to listen to
Rotary Radio. Windows Media Player is included with Windows Millennium and
Windows XP. If you use Windows 95 or Windows 98, you can download Windows Media
Player for free from Microsoft.